Intersession housing for on-campus students check-in is on Sunday, Jan. 2, at noon. Only students registered for an intersession class or who have made requests earlier and been approved will be permitted to stay in the residence halls. Students registered for class are automatically assigned to intersession housing and must contact Residence Life if they would like to change their status to commuter, if their course is not taught at Scranton or they have dropped their class.

Although there is no charge for housing, all students living in freshmen or sophomore buildings are required to maintain a dining plan if they are residing on campus during intersession. All residents with a dining plan can make an online request through UIS to decrease their plan for intersession. Residents who live in the on-campus houses or apartments can request to remove their dining plan during intersession as they are not mandated to have one during the academic year.

If a faculty or staff member has a resident student working for them during intersession, the faculty or staff member must e-mail Residence Life to make a request for housing. The student's name, Royal ID and reason for housing need must be included. The student must contact Residence Life to submit an Intersession Housing Request form. This form can be emailed to the student directly.

Contact Residence Life at res-life@scranton.edu or 570-941-6226 with any questions.

The University of Scranton will be teaming up with The Fresh Food Company on Christmas morning to host a Christmas Day breakfast to members of our Scranton community in need.  The event is being held from 8 to 11 a.m.  (Staff and Faculty and their families are welcome to volunteer. Contact the Community Outreach Office if you can help by e-mailing vaccarop1@scranton.edu.)

We would like to give out handmade Christmas cards to all who attend. If your elementary-age child's class would like to participate, that would be great. Cards should be hand made with a personal holiday message inside (kids write the best stuff) and signed with their first name. Cards are due by Wednesday, Dec. 15, and can be sent campus mail or dropped off to the Community Outreach Office, DeNaples 205B. Our goal is 300-plus cards.

For more information, call ext. 7429.

Attention student clubs and University organizations! Would you like to promote your upcoming event on The University of Scranton's official facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/universityofscranton? Every Friday the University's facebook page posts an "University Events" announcement with a listing of upcoming University-related activities and events. If you would like us to include your event, please e-mail your information to socialmedia@scranton.edu. We will need your announcement no later than Tuesday afternoon.

Please include the following information with your announcement:

• Club name
• Event name
• Day, time and location of event
• Cost of event
• Short description of event
• Contact information for event
• Relevant photo (if you have one)
• Web link for more information, if applicable
• Who can attend (students, faculty, staff, general public)